Re: Move loader.c out of the kernel

From:

Yoshinori K. Okuji

Subject:

Re: Move loader.c out of the kernel

Date:

Sun, 22 Mar 2009 22:12:33 +0900

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On Sunday 22 March 2009 22:06:36 phcoder wrote:
> Yoshinori K. Okuji wrote:
> > On Sunday 22 March 2009 21:48:21 phcoder wrote:
> >> Hello. Now when boot command isn't in kernel anymore I don't see why
> >> loader.c stays in kernel. Here is the patch to move it to boot.mod
> >
> > This is not useful in reality, because the loader interface needs to be
> > pre-loaded into core.img anyway.
>
> Why? I successfully tested core.img with just pc fat and biosdisk
> modules integrated. It loads boot.mod just fine and boots linux and
> multiboot with no problem
Try the rescue mode with no extra module loaded. If the core.img does not have
any loader, it is useless.
Okuji
>
> > Note that the more you split code into
> >
> > modules, the more the size of core.img is, as long as they are all
> > pre-loaded.
> >
> > Regards,
> > Okuji
> >
> >
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